stash1 verbstash2 noun
stashstash1 /stæʃ/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] 
VERB TABLE
stash
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | stash |
| he, she, it | stashes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stashed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stashed |
| he, she, it | has stashed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stashed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stash |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stashed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am stashing |
| he, she, it | is stashing | |
| you, we, they | are stashing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was stashing |
| you, we, they | were stashing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stashing |
| he, she, it | has been stashing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stashing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stashing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stashing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The late president supposedly stashed millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts.
- Where did you stash the drugs?
- All thoughts of Seal Sands Lock were stashed away, safe from the mockery of people like Gazzer.
- But if you stash 90 % of your money in a savings account, your overall results will almost inevitably be mediocre.
- Go ahead and use all the boxes of gift soaps stashed in drawers and closets.
- He would pull over later and stash the manual in the compartment beneath the battery.
- Meanwhile, it was worth turning our house over to see if Albie had stashed the drugs inside.
- Museum curators know this because whale bones stashed on archival shelves will weep lipids for decades.
- Narcotics that would have been smuggled inside the institution, she said, were instead found stashed in the visitors' restroom.
- Somewhere around there she can stash Jamie's things.
Longman Language Activatorto hide something especially by putting it in a secret place
to make something difficult to see or find, for example by putting it somewhere secret, or by covering it: · Where can we hide these presents so the kids don't find them?hide something in/under/behind etc something: · They put the money in a small box and hid it under the bed.· Some cameras are so small they can be hidden in a reporter's baseball cap.hide something from somebody: · I used to hide his cigarettes from him so he couldn't smoke.
formal to hide something carefully, especially by covering it: conceal something in/under/behind etc something: · The secret police had concealed microphones in the walls.· Several kilos of drugs had been concealed in the back of the truck.
informal to hide money or something that you should not have: stash something in/under/behind etc something: · Where did you stash the drugs?· The late president supposedly stashed millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts.
to hide something by putting something else on or over it: · Embarrassed, she reached for a towel to cover her body.cover something with something: · When he walked into the room, she quickly covered the letter with a pillow.cover something up/cover up something (=cover something completely): · You could probably cover up the scratches with a little bit of paint, and no one will ever notice.
to hide something by putting it in or on the ground and covering it with soil, sand etc: · Snakes usually bury their eggs.bury something in/under etc something: · He murdered his wife and buried her body in a field.· The dog buried one of my slippers in the backyard.
formal to carefully hide small, valuable objects: · No one knew where the old woman had secreted her jewels.secrete something in/behind/among etc something: · He showed me the coin briefly and then secreted it in some dark corner of his house.
to put something somewhere while it is not being used to put something somewhere and keep it there until it is needed: store something in/under etc: · Store the vegetables in a cool dark place.· The computer stores the information in its memory automatically.store something away (=store something where it cannot be seen): · Instead of being distributed, the food was unloaded and stored away in a warehouse.
to put something such as money, valuable things, or drugs in a secret place, especially when you have them illegally: · The two men were looking for a place to stash their weapons.stash away something/stash something away: · He has illegally stashed away as much as $50 in foreign bank accounts.stash something in something: · The stolen goods had been stashed in a storage unit in Burbank.have something stashed away: · He must have all that money stashed away somewhere.
to put something such as equipment or a bag neatly in a space until you need it again: stow something in/on/under etc: · She stowed her luggage on the rack above her head and then sat down.stow something away (=stow it where it cannot be seen): · In the daytime the mattress is stowed away in that cupboard.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
informal to store something secretly or safely somewherestash something away He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.· All thoughts of Seal Sands Lock were stashed away, safe from the mockery of people like Gazzer.· What she did not mention in her log was that she had found a bottle of liquor that Bill had stashed away.· Members of the government seem to regard it as their right to stash away as much cash as possible.· I wondered how much more he'd got stashed away in there.· They have lost heart, stashed away their manuscripts and told themselves they were never really writers anyway.· He'd probably got thousands stashed away.
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.stash in/under You can stash your gear in here.stash1 verbstash2 noun
stashstash2 noun [countable] an amount of something that is kept in a secret place, especially money, weapons, or drugs SYN hoard: Mike went into the bedroom to check on his stash.stash of a stash of drugs